"I can assure you, I most certainly didn't. This girl is simply suffering from pnemonia, and she and her friend here came to me to see if they could persuade me to let a certain pirate go free. I explained to them that I would not do that, and then they asked whether I would hang them for stealing my letter and young Turner's hammer. I told them simply, that I would not, as they are to young to be accountable for thier actions, and, choosing a slightly older child to serve as a comparison, I said if Turner stole the letter, he would indeed be hung, as he is quite a deal older then them." Norrington said addressing the crowd, then turning and walking back to his house.
Will sighed. "You should follow her. She might try something stupid." he said. Will turned to find Robert was gone too. There was a loud neighing and the sound of a horse galloping from behind Norrington's house. Robert appeared around the corner. He was riding Norrington's prized horse. It galloped in the direction Regina had gone.
Robert Helped Regina up as they rode the horse to the edge of town. Will stood in awe. "Maybe we should follow?"
Will smirked. He led Elizabeth to the stab les. "We need a horse it's an emergency." he told the stable boy who let them borrow a horse. "Elizabeth, ride after them. You're the only that can talk Regina out of whatever they're planning. I'll warn Norrington his horse is gone." he said handing Elizabeth the reigns and dashing off to Norrington's
Without bothering to knock, he ran inside. "Captain Norrington, Your prized stalion is gone!" Will exclaimed knowing it was also a war horse and a very fine one at that.
Elizabeth got off her horse and tied it to a tree. She looked anround for footsteps and she quickly found two pairs that looked about right, and followed them. They led to a large tree in which she found Regina and Robert scrunched into.
"Hmmp!" she said norrowing her eyes. "Why. Why did you do something so cruel? To get your revenge? Thats stupid. The horse had done nothing wrong! Why did you carlessly take its life like that? Have you no heart?" Elizabeth asked, her eyes beggining to water again.
Elizabeth dried her eyes and said "You are selfish and tactless. You don't even think things through. You stupid little pirate friend will not die, I can assure you. But just know this. What I am about to do is not for you. Because right now I hate you. Its for the horse." With that she walked back to the horse, swung onto him and galloped quickly off.
When she got home, Elizabeth went into her father's study. "Daddy?" she called hestantly. The Govenor looked up. "Yes?" Elizabeth walked up to him. "Well, Daddy. You see, its about the man who is to be hung. You see, I saw him steal that gold. Or rather, I saw him not steal it. You see, I saw him standing by the door of the Klantree's house. And it wasn't him. It was this scary looking women with orange hair and really bright red lips. She went in and came out with the gold. The man just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." Elizabeth knew she had just described Mr. Klantree's mistress. The Govenoer nodded at his daughter and went to send for Mr. Klantree. When he came, the Govenor spoke with him and after a while, Mr. Klantree left looking a little red in the face. Elizabeth walked up to her father. He looked at her and said "Mr. Klantree has decided it must not have been who he thpught it had been. The man will be freed. I asked if Mr. Klantree wanted to look for the mysterious women, but he said he'd rather not." Elizabeth sighed and went up to her room.